Buffalonian Nicholas Anderson is doing his best to represent the local poker community from this side of the border.
First he flopped a straight and turned a better one besting a player with three aces. Then he flopped two pair and rivered a boat to take a good chunk of chips off a player holding three kings.
He had it up to 40k before losing close to 11,000 in a recent hand running something he wasn't willing to show into top pair, but still sits among the early leaders.
Alex Visbisky has emerged as the early chip leader after picking off a massive bluff.
He raised 4-3 off from the cutoff, flopped trip fours, turned quads and made the easy call when one opponent shipped it in on the river for around 11,000.
He started off this latest level raising from late position and winning another pot uncontested to add a little to the lead and appears ready to wield his big stack like a stick from here on in.
Cameron Bartolotta made it pretty clear he had a big hand, raising a 2,000-chip open from his heads-up opponent on a flop. He made it 4,700, but it wasn't enough to shake his foe.
The turn then came the and after his opponent shoved for close to 6,000, Bartolotta made the call with , having flopped the nut straight.
His opponent showed a lot of heart and but could not beat Bartolotta as the river brought a blank.
Dan Ayotte continues to climb up the leaderboard at breakneck speed.
He just bet 7,000 chips into a pot less than half that size after making trip eights on the river. His opponent folded, but Ayotte was back betting again the very next hand, raising it up from the button to drag another pot uncontested.
No word on whether they have re-entered yet, as they can for a few more levels, but the players listed below are among those who have managed to go broke.
The board currently reads 123 entries with 98 left.
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flop. He made it 4,700, but it wasn't enough to shake his foe.
and after his opponent shoved for close to 6,000, Bartolotta made the call with 
, having flopped the nut straight.
but could not beat Bartolotta as the river brought a blank.
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